Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Similar head run compared to last week, significantly lower offering of Slaughter Cattle made up by gains in Goats. Demand moderate for Cattle while firm for Goats. No market test on Feeder Cattle. Slaughter Cows averaged $3 higher. Piglets, $7 per head; Heiferettes up to $79 per cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −74.73 against this barn's trailing median of $234.73.

Average price

$160.00

2 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−61.36

vs WV average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	170.00	1,097	1thin
Medium and Large 2	590	150.00	885	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

5 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $248.69, low $227.72, median $234.73 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

160.00

—

WV average4 barns · 198 hd

221.36

−61.36

This barn, trailing median5 sales

234.73

−74.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,930	99.50	1,920	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,840	76.00	1,398	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,380	74.54	1,029	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,172	61.32	719	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,240	115.00	1,426	1thin

Every lot, as filed

13 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	975	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Bulls	—	—	1,905	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	2,153	1
Bulls	—	—	1,955	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,681	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	61.32/cwt	56.00–68.00	719	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	64.97/cwt	63.00–68.00	851	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	80.83/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,130	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	73.53/cwt	63.00–79.00	1,024	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,840	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,426	1

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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